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The extension of clusters : difference-in-differences evidence from the Bavarian state-wide cluster policy
Falck, Oliver (contributor); Heblich, Stephan (contributor);  … - 2008
Bavarian State Government. The purpose of the initiative was to create a Bavarian-wide innovation network in support of state … the likelihood of innovation by a firm in the targeted industry by 4 to 7 percentage points. However, this effect is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003790767
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Public policy and venture capital backed innovation
Keuschnigg, Christian - 2003
gains taxation, innovation subsidies, public R&D spending and other policy initiatives. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011511054
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Complementarity of innovation policies in the Brazilian industry : an econometric study
Strube, Eduardo; Resende, Marcelo - 2009
The paper aims at assessing discrete complementarities in innovation policies in the context of the Brazilian industry … on supermodularity and submodularity tests for obstacles to innovation (in the present application: lack of finance … analysis highlights the two phases of the innovation process in terms of the propensity and intensity of innovation. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003883864
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Key success drivers in public research grants : funding the seeds of radical innovation in academia?
Banal-Estañol, Albert; Macho-Stadler, Inés; … - 2016
innovation, we characterize such "radical teams" as those formed by eclectic and non-usual collaborators, and those that are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451136
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Public economics and startup entrepreneurs
Boadway, Robin W.; Tremblay, Jean-François - 2003
This paper surveys the various forms of market failure that can arise when innovating entrepreneurs consider entering an industry, and outlines possible implications for public policy. Externalities can arise from entrepreneurial activities such as spillover benefits from new innovations and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506218
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Wages, rents, unemployment, and the quality of life
Wrede, Matthias - 2012 - This version: April 2012
Combining a spatial equilibrium model with a matching unemployment model, this paper analyzes the regional quality of life when wages, rents, and unemployment risk compensate for local amenities and disamenities. In particular, the paper shows for quasi-linear utility that the effects of any...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009533959
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The regional effects of a national minimum wage
Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Roth, Duncan; Seidel, Tobias - 2018 - Version: February 2018
We estimate the spatially differential effects of a nationally uniform minimum wage that was introduced in Germany in … 2015. To this end, we use a micro data set covering the universe of employed and unemployed individuals in Germany from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011804145
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Fintech startups in Germany : firm failure, funding success, and innovation capacity
Hornuf, Lars; Mattusch, Matthias - 2024 - This version: August 18, 2024
innovative these firms actually are. This paper investigates firm failure, funding success, and innovation capacity using a hand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015051740
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The old-boy network and the quality of entrepreneurs
Bac, Mehmet; Inci, Eren - 2010
We study a model of network formation and start-up financing with endogenous entrepreneurial type distribution. A hub firm admits members to its network based on signals about entrepreneurs' types. Network membership is observable, which allows lenders to offer different interest rates to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003974212
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The role of institutions and immigrant networks in firms' offshoring decisions
Moriconi, Simone; Peri, Giovanni; Pozzoli, Dario - 2018
The offshoring of production by multinational firms has expanded dramatically in recent decades, increasing these firms' potential for economic growth and technological transfers across countries. What determines the location of offshore production? How do countries' policies and characteristics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011926046